LIVE: M5 lane shut after ‘multi-vehicle’ crash near Devon

All traffic was stopped on the M5 in Somerset following a reported multi-vehicle collision. The incident happened sometime before 5.30pm on the southbound carriageway between junction 24 (Bridgwater South) and junction 25 (Taunton). According to traffic monitoring service Inrix, two lanes were closed before all traffic was held at around 5.40pm. “All traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to multi-vehicle accident on M5 Southbound from J24 A38 Taunton Road (Bridgwater South) to J25 A358 (Taunton).

“Traffic now held around 17;40, looks like possibly three vehicles in lane one and one car against the central reservation.” Traffic was released at around 6.30pm but one lane remained closed. This is a live blog.

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